Journal Article

Parenting Stress and Child Behavior Problems in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Transactional Relations Across Time

Lin, Yun-Nung, Lee, Yu-Han, Iao, Lai-Sang, Wu, Chin-Chin

2021

Overview

This longitudinal study examined the transactional relations between parenting stress and both internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over 1.5 years using a cross-lagged panel analysis. Participants included 75 young children with ASD (Time 1; mean age = 25.68 months) and their parents. Parenting stress that was related to parent’s perceptions on child characteristics was found to predict externalizing behavioral problems in young children with ASD across two time points. However, behavioral problems in young children with ASD did not predict parenting stress. These findings provide implications for early intervention and family services for young children with ASD and their families.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavior / Behavior Problems / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Behaviour disordered children / Child and School Psychology / Child Behavior / Child Rearing / Children / Coping / Departments / Down Syndrome / Early intervention / Families & family life / Family (Sociological Unit) / Internalization / Internalizing disorders / Interpersonal Relationship / Longitudinal studies / Neurosciences / Original Paper / Parent Attitudes / Parent-child relations / Parental stress / Parenting / Parents / Parents & parenting / Pediatrics / Perceptions / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Predictor Variables / Psychological aspects / Psychology / Public Health / Social aspects / Stress / Stress Variables / Structural Equation Models / Time / Young Children